Nigeria
Cascador, Sterling Bank Unveil $200 Million Fund to Unlock $1 Billion in Loans for Nigerian SMEs
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Cascador and Sterling Bank have announced a $200 million Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Credit Backstop Fund designed to expand access...
CashAfrica Partners Chicken Republic to Bring Tap-to-Pay Services to 350 Nigerian Outlets
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Nigerian contactless payment infrastructure startup CashAfrica has partnered with fast-food chain Chicken Republic to accelerate the adoption of mobile tap-to-pay services...
OPay Moves Towards US IPO, Eyes Nigerian Stock Market Listing as Revenue Surges 136%
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - OPay, one of Nigeria’s most widely used financial technology platforms, has filed a prospectus for a proposed initial public offering (IPO)...
Lagos Life Hits 7m Players in Less Than Two Weeks as Creator Plans Platform for Third-Party Developers
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Nigerian browser game, Lagos Life, has attracted more than seven million players in less than two weeks of its October 1...
Moove to Exit Nigeria, Give Drivers ₦35bn Worth of Cars as Uber’s Departure Reshapes Mobility Market
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Mobility fintech company Moove is set to end its operations in Nigeria, with the company reportedly transferring eligible vehicles worth approximately...
Nigeria’s Startup Bujeti Launches AI Finance Platform Brain to Give African Businesses an ‘AI Finance Team’
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Nigerian fintech startup Bujeti has launched Brain, an agentic artificial intelligence platform designed to help businesses automate routine financial management tasks...
How Nigerian Edtech Startup BlueBic Scales to 190+ Schools Without Venture Capital
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Nigerian edtech startup BlueBic has grown into a school management technology provider serving more than 190 partner schools and over 45,000...
Nigeria’s Minister Bosun Tijani Lauds Milsat Technologies for Powering Country’s New National Digital Postcode
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has commended Nigerian geospatial technology company, Milsat Technologies, for its...
Exclusive: How Nigerian Software Engineer Ikechukwu Attah Built Ikovia to Simplify Canada’s Complex Immigration Journey
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED - A Toronto-based Nigerian software engineer, Ikechukwu Anthony Attah, has built ikovia, a live AI-powered platform that makes Canada’s complicated immigration system...
Tinubu Opens 2026 National Youth Confab, Urges Young Nigerians to Shape Nigeria’s Future
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally opened the National Youth Confab 2026, calling on young Nigerians to actively contribute ideas, perspectives...
‘May Nigeria Not Happen to Me Again’: Remote Worker Blames Network Failure After Losing International Opportunity
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – A Nigerian data specialist, Abdulmalik Bashir, has recounted how a network failure during the onboarding process for a remote contract with...
Adaptive Atelier Builds AI-powered Accessibility Infrastructure to Make Digital Products Work for Disabled Users
YAKUB ABDULRASHEED – Nigerian technology startup Adaptive Atelier is building an accessibility infrastructure designed to help businesses identify, fix and validate barriers preventing people...
